One quarter of patients favour records opt-out
Two-thirds of patients believe the government’s consent plans for the Summary Care Record (SCR) are acceptable but one in four would opt out, according to a survey of more than 2600 patients. The poll, conducted by market research company Opinion Health for GP newspaper Pulse, asked 2,644 patients across the north, Midlands and south of […]
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Wait for early SCR results before rollout, says BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has told the Department of Health (DH) that it wants to see no further rollout of the Summary Care Record beyond the early adopter sites until the independent evaluation has been completed and ways forward agreed. It says it will advise doctors outside the early adopter primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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GPSoC and SCR key IT issues, says GP negotiator
Implementation of the GP Systems of Choice initiative and the rollout of the Summary Care Record (SCR) are two of the key IT issues facing GPs according to the new GP negotiator on IT issues. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, a GP in Stanmore, Middlesex, was elected as a new negotiator for the British Medical Association’s General […]
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Forces medical records system ready to roll out
Derek Twiggs meets staff at RAP Following successful pilots, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) is due to be deployed progressively around military bases in the UK and abroad by August next year. The DMICP, developed by LogicaCMG, will allow instant access to military personnel’s health history from any enabled system, in a field […]
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CfH awards BT contract to replace NSTS
A new service developed by BT, called the Demographics Batch Service (DBS) is set to replace the NHS Strategic Tracing Service (NSTS) batch trace in summer 2008. The new system will provide access to the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) for all trusts using legacy systems not already linked to the PDS. Ultimately it will be […]
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BT’s big mission
In an exclusive interview BT Health’s managing director Patrick O’Connell updates EHI’s Jon Hoeksma how BT is progressing on its three NPfIT contracts.
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Summary Care Record now caters for cautious patients
Members of the public who don’t think they want their summary care record shared but would still like to keep their options open for the future are being offered a new Orange ‘keep their options open’ choice of a record that is recorded but only shared when they give their explicit consent. This latest evolution […]
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The end of the beginning?
Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill’s famous quote against the evidence.
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DH explains summary and detailed records
Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will work in England has been released by the Department of Health. The guidance re-iterates that only the Summary Care Record (SCR) will be a national system, and that patients can opt-out from data being visible […]
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Lord Hunt to form clinical buy-in group
Health minister Lord Hunt has announced that he is to form a high-level group with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to encourage buy-in at a local level in the NHS. Hunt told the Commons Health Select Committee he intends to ensure that NHS strategic health authorities (SHAs) get more involved with the national programme […]
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